From skateboarding's distant origins in the 1940s to the heyday of the Z-Boys to Tony Hawk's lifelong and lucrative career as a professional skateboarding icon, this book showcases what skateboarding was in the past and what it's now evolved into.

• Bibliography includes primary and secondary sources and current websites

• Glossary provides a comprehensive list of skating "lingo"

• Index contains a comprehensive listing of names, companies, places, and terms